Improvement in separating attachments for husk-hackling machines



Separator for Husrk Haokling Machine.

Gr.' B. STACY.

(l U s hackling Machines.

' and the utilization thereof.

' the stubs or stems, a vlarge amount of dirt and grit ,ting formattresses, Sarl .taehed fibers for rctreatment.

'to have it, and in a better condition than it could be `receive thematerial therefrom, and, as above despecifictiori-fA 'Ltters Patent No.108,532, dated October 18, 1870.`

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthesame n I, GERGE ESTACY, of Richmoud,jin the county of Henrico andState of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Separating Attachmentfor HushK Nain-re and Objects. The object of my invention is thecomplete separation from the hackled husk of all foreign mattei',

The com husk, as gathered, contains, iu addition to with nubbins, loosegrains, and cobs, which have to he removed to lit thc material formarket asa stuf- The waste, including all these and a large nnouut oi'the fiber discharged from thc buckling-machines, is commonly sold at'anominal price for manure.

No. other inode of utilizing or saving this waste has been employed,heretofore, other than the expensive process ot' haud-bolting, 'toregain the stubs and' atlt has been found that, by first sepa-rating thcdirt and grit, a very valuable feed for stock may be advantageouslyseparated from this waste, being the gra-ins ot' corn, ground cobs, andfine particles of the husk. The remainder of the waste forms a mostexcellent paper stock. The value of corn husks'for making paper is wellknown. This waste, freed from the dirt and grit, corn and cobs, is inthe very condition it is desirable put in by any other process for thepaper manufacturers use. It is thus practically of more value for thispurpose than the rawfhusks.

The invention consists in the combination, with a husk-hackliug machine,of au apparatus, adapted to scribed, or in an equivalent manner,separate it.

The apparatus in the proposed form consists oi' 'a rotary screen, ofproper size, supported externally, inclined so as to feed and dischargeautomatically, and provided with one or a. series of circumferentialsieves of equal or graduated mesh, as required for the discharge of themattei' to he separated.

Description of Drawing. In theaccoinpanying drawing, made a part of thisFigure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the apparatus, and auadjoining portion of a i1ackling-ma chineadapted to discharge directlyinto the separator.

Figure 2 represents a front view of General Description. l

The separator A, as consisting of a rotary screen,

the apparatus.

as shown. is mounted in two parallel iuclinedframes B, jointed inthefloors C C, between which it 1s to: be located, or iu an requivalentsupport, is supported by externalfriction-rollers D in such support, andi provided with a pulley, E, for the reception ofl a driving-band, F, bywhich to rotate it, or its equivalent.' Its flame or skeleton ispreferably composed of anunlarcastfirou heads orends G, and woodenlongitudinal ribs H, wooden lling-blocks I, between sockets g of theribs H, serving,in connection with said ribs, for the reception of thefasteuings of wirecloth to formthe sieves or'screens proper J J 1 J 2,the

joints of which (when there are more than one) may The Weight of thescreen may thus serve to tighten the driving-band l". v

PulieysM M, in thc frame'v B of the screen, may support the driving-handi" at the proper angle for thc screen.

The apparatus `is sojarranged as to receive the niaterial from thehackling-machiue N, `which ls adapted to discharge thereinto. l

Any separate handling of the materia-l is thus dispensed with, and theoperation rendered continuous.

To enable the material to he thus introduced, the hackling-maehine maybe provided with a cover, N, an cnd wall, N2, to arrest the material,and a. downlyprojccting discharge, N3.

XVith thcsc provisions the material may be dropped on thc screens at theextreme front cud, and its com plete treatment thus be secured.

The sienes or screens proper J J l J2 ot the screen or separator A arepreferably three inuuiuber, as

represented, each forming a circumferential belt, and.,l

being respectively of such mesh as to pass through In this case separatereceptacles or conduits` will receive the discharge of the respectivesieves.v Y Aunularl slides, or their equivalent, may serve to regulatethe length of the sieves, to vary the extent" 'of treatment as required,for different qualities of husk.`

The form of the apparatus is not essential, and it may be Vemployed withany form of buckling-machine,

l aration.Y

The operation of the apparatus, as represented, is

as follon:

The /hackiing-machine N being-in operation, and lmotion imparted to-thescreen A through its drivincband F, the` haekled husk, with its mingleddixt, &o`., as discharged by the former, 'is received by thelatter.

Falling on thejirst'si'eve J, it is rolled and tossed bythe motion ofthe'screcn, and has separated :from it all the contained dirt and grit.Passing to the see; ond sieve J1, the portion of the waste suitableforstocl feed is passedV through and collected; when Vthe remainderrolling over the last vsieve J2, has separated from itfthe-heavyparticles which 'arc passed through its suciently-largemesh' as theyscttlqand saved for paper stock. l

lhe clean hn'sk is finally discharged VVat--the" open rear end of thescreen, the actiomof the sei-cm1 siercs being repeatedmeanwhile'dnringtheoperation. Q

cess, with no' appreciable additional expenditure of gled mass and itshandles, to completely clean the moved waste, heretofore at leastcomparatively lost, into two valuable marketable commodities. menseincrease inprots is apparent.

A' l Claim.

The combination, with a husk-hackling machine,

of a separator, arranged to receive the haokled husk'di-` rcctlytherefrom,'and constructed to operate substantially as herein described,fonthe purpose set forth.

I am thus enabled by an automatic, continuous propower, and in spaceotherwise occupied by' the `min haokled husk, 'and lat the same timeseparate the re.

To the above specification of my'iuvention, I have Y

